From 6979dafa0694917cf01ad1ed054321c7f20e9ca3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robbert van der Helm <mail@robbertvanderhelm.nl>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:53:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a wrapper for serializing primitives

---
 src/common/serialization/vst3/base.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/common/serialization/vst3/base.h b/src/common/serialization/vst3/base.h
index d1155e35..1d7057e9 100644
--- a/src/common/serialization/vst3/base.h
+++ b/src/common/serialization/vst3/base.h
@@ -60,6 +60,28 @@ struct Ack {
     void serialize(S&) {}
 };
 
+/**
+ * A simple wrapper around primitive values for serialization purposes. Bitsery
+ * doesn't seem to like serializing plain primitives using `s.object()` even if
+ * you define a serialization function.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+class PrimitiveWrapper {
+   public:
+    PrimitiveWrapper() {}
+    PrimitiveWrapper(T value) : value(value) {}
+
+    operator T() { return value; }
+
+    template <typename S>
+    void serialize(S& s) {
+        s.template value<sizeof(T)>(value);
+    }
+
+   private:
+    T value;
+};
+
 /**
  * A wrapper around `Steinberg::tresult` that we can safely share between the
  * native plugin and the Wine process. Depending on the platform and on whether